Fish scaler



March 26, 1929. E, F HUOT 1,706,403

FISH SCALER Filed May 21, 1927 JNVEJVTOR:

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Patented Mar. 26, 1929.

TES TIPATENTT OFFICE.

EUGENE IF. HUO'I, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

FISH SCALER.

Application filed May 2 1,

This invention relates to a device particularly useful for fishermen orothers wh engaged 1n catching or cleaning fish.

O are The object of the invention is to provide a simple, hlghlyeflicient and inexpensive fish sealer which is'not only a sealer,features hereinafter to be described an but has other d all asillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a plan Viewof my improved fish sealer.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the-handle of the fish sealer as atline 22 in Fig.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing by reference letters, my device is made of asingle piece of elongated sheet metal forming a handle A and a taperedfront end B of channel shape in cross section as at CG in Fig. 1.opposite upwardly directed edges of taper-mg part comprises each a rowThe said of teeth T. These teeth in each row arearranged on a forwardlyand downwardly directed slope toward the frontend of the device as shownin Fig. 3. The front ends of said rows of teeth terminate in spacedrelation being close to each other, the metal in the base H of said rowsof teeth being notched inwardly as at N, in Fig. 1. Each tooth is bulgedoutwardly to its point, and at the base of the teeth transversedepressions T are punched inwardly in the metal providing for a strongertooth construction by accentuating the semi-tubular shape of the teeth.The use of fish sealers in general is so well known, that this need notbe mentioned in this case. The handle of this device is formed inchannel shape as shown L the metal being bent upwardly in Fig. 2, thebase H, and then lnwardly 1n space from d re-- 1927. Serial No. 193,309.

forwardly alined continuation of the base part H, and being formed ofchannel shape in cross section as previously described. The entireconstruction is of maximum strength and of extreme simplicity.

It is obvious that in the use of my device the operator simply graspsthe handle A, with the tooth side of the sealer down for sealing fish inthe usual manner. The notch N in the reduced front end of the deviceprovides means for the operator to remove a hook from the mouth of a,fish where such hook is otherwise inaccessible.

I claim:

1. In a fish sealer comprising an elongated piece of sheet metal and aportion of said sheel metal formed with parallel upward and thenceinwardly directed short flanges to form a handle; fish sealing meansforward of said handle comprising a tapered continuation of the'base ofsaid handle the said tapered part channel shaped in cross section, theedges of each flange of the latter comprising a row of teeth, the frontends of said toothed flanges terminating in trans- 6A versely spacedrelation to each other, said base of the sealer part, between the frontends of said toothed flanges formed with an inwardly directed notchforthe purpose set forth. 1

2. The structure specified in claim 1, in which said teeth are bulgedoutwardly toward their points and the metal at the base between eachpair of teeth is depressed inwardly for strengthening the toothstructure, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EUGENE F. I-IUOT.

